Rule 34.10 Transmission of maintenance orders made in the High Court to a reciprocating country

(1)

This rule applies to maintenance orders made in the High Court.

(2)

An application for a maintenance order to be sent to a reciprocating country under section 2 of the 1920 Act M1 must be made in accordance with this rule.

(3)

The application must be made to a district judge in the principal registry unless paragraph (4) applies.

(4)

If the order was made in the course of proceedings in a district registry, the application may be made to a district judge in that district registry.

(5)

The application must be—

(a)

accompanied by a certified copy of the order; and

(b)

supported by a record of the sworn written evidence.

(6)

The written evidence must give—

(a)

the applicant's reason for believing that the payer resides in the reciprocating country;

(b)

such information as the applicant has as to the whereabouts of the payer; and

(c)

such other information as may be set out in Practice Direction 34A.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: Section 2 was amended by article 4(1) and (2) of the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates' Courts and Family Law) Order 1992.